Where does “võõras” come from?

võõras (Estonian) comes from Proto-Finnic veeras, from Proto-Finnic veeri, from Proto-Finno-Permic wäre.

võõras (Estonian): foreign, strange, unfamiliar; stranger; alien,...

Definitions

  1. foreign, strange, unfamiliar; stranger; alien,...

Ancestry of “võõras”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicveerasguest, visitor; stranger; strange, foreign,...
2Proto-Finnicveeriside, flank; edge
3Proto-Finno-Permicwäre—

Words derived from “võõras”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic wäre →Every word from Proto-Finnic veeri →Every word from Proto-Finnic veeras →